Historical Events In December - 22

1715  English pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead on December - 22.   

1721  Nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery on December - 22.   

1723  On this day in history carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer   

1723  On December - 22 jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70   

1727  William Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence) on this day in history.   

1728  On December - 22 charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden   

1731  Dutch people revolt against meat tax on this day in history.   

1738  Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1744  On this day in history abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801)   

1745  On December - 22 jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66   

1753  Dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense) on December - 22.   

1761  On December - 22 dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress   

1764  On this day in history barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility   

1767  On December - 22 andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France)   

1767  John Newberry, English publisher, dies on December - 22.   

1768  On this day in history the birth of John Crome, English landscape painter   

1768  On December - 22 john Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher   

1772  Moravian missionary constructs first schoolhouse west of Allegheny on this day in history.   

1772  On December - 22 moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny   

1775  Continental navy organized with 7 ships on this day in history.   

1783  Washington resigns his military commission on December - 22.   

1787  Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar on this day in history.   

1790  On December - 22 russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks   

1795  Thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile) on this day in history.   

1797  On December - 22 giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74   

1803  Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on December - 22.   

1807  On this day in history an Embargo Act signed by President Jefferson prohibits all ships from leaving U S ports for foreign ports   

1807  Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain & France on this day in history.   

1808  On December - 22 thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son)   

1809  On December - 22 uS passes Non-Intercourse Act; opens trade with all nations except Britain and France; to retaliate against Napoleon's Decrees and British blockade; causes commercial depression in Canada.   

1809  On this day in history benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox)   

1810  On this day in history british frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480   

1812  Johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet) on this day in history.   

1815  Spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos on December - 22.   

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1095  On this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  On this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  On this day in history birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

1428  On this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

1452  On December - 22 birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on this day in history.   

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on December - 22.   

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on December - 22.   

1100  On December - 22 death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia   

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1419  On December - 22 john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies   

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on December - 22.   

1550  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  On this day in history mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

1646  On this day in history death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)   

1660  On this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)